Improvement in hilling-flow



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GEORGE NOTMElAN, OAF DEERFIELD, GHIO.

Letters Patent No. 87,' 56, dated March 2, 1869` IMPROVEMENT IN MILLING-PLOW?.

To all 'whom it 'ma/y conce/r p Beit known that I, GEORGE N o'rMAN, oi' Deereld, in the count)l of Portage, and State oi Ohio, have in'- vented a new and improved I-Iilling-Plow; and I do herebr declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', suiicient to enable others skilled in thc art to which the invention appertains, to fnllypnderstand and use the same, reibrence being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part o!" this specication, in which myinvention is represented by a perspective View. l

The -object of my invention is to produce a plow which shall possess ready means for billing the ground, the same consistingof parts which shall lvl-hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings- A is the plow-beam.

D D are the two handles, connected together by the cross-bar a, which is secured to the rear end of' the plow-beam A.

A suitable clevis, I), for the attachment of the horses, is placed at the front end oi` the plow-beam A.

E E are the plowshares, of concave forni, dir/'erging from the rear, and having the front ends sharpened, so as to penetrate the soil.

F G G are dat metallic braces, whichconncct the shares E E with the plow-beam A and the'llandles D D. The former brace Fis rounded in the centre, and secured near the rear end of the plow-beam A, thence to the handles D D, and on the exterior, and near thc front end of the shares E E. The latter braces G G are inade similar to the former, but are secured a little forward oi' the centre of thc plow-beam A, and to the e.\;- tvrior and rear oi the shares E E. The braces F G G- licine' secured to the exterior of the shares E E, leave a sluooth, unbroken surface ou the interior thereof.

In operating luy plow, suitable horse-power is iirst applied. The shares E E are placed at n suitable angle to the ground, and theJnachiIn-.a is then drawn forwaml. The shares E E, having sliarpcned edges, and being of a cipicarc 'orin, and diverging from the rear, gather up the soil, which is compressed by the forward motion ci' the plow.

My plow is simple in construction, and performs its work in a much better and easier manner than those now in use. It is particularly useful inbilling corn and potatoes, and can hill the cround, whether plowed or not plowed.

Having thus described my invention,

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure'by Leta ters Patent, isf- The shares E E, 'constructed and arranged as described, and connected with the handles D D and beam A by means of the braces F G G, substantially as herein set forth.

To the above specification ol my impl-moment in hillingplows, I have signed my naine, this 4th day o' January, 1869.

GEORGE NOIMAN.

Witnesses DAVID BROWN, W. S. HOFFMAN. 

